Aleksander Wat: Life and Art of an Iconoclast

by Tomas Venclova

Book Overview

This work tells the story of Aleksander Wat, from his Polish-Jewish upbringing, his participation in the literary avant-garde in the 1920s, through to his work as editor of a Communist journal before World War II, his conversion to democracy, and his emigration to the West in 1959.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300064063
• ISBN13: 9780300064063
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.6"